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O'SULLIVAN EUGENE J
US110 patents
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IBM
45 patentsUS6358832B1Mar 19, 2002
Method of forming barrier layers for damascene interconnects
IBM119 citations99
US6153935ANov 28, 2000
Dual etch stop/diffusion barrier for damascene interconnects
IBM376 citations99
US5846598ADec 8, 1998
Electroless plating of metallic features on nonmetallic or semiconductor layer without extraneous plating
IBM269 citations99
US6060176AMay 9, 2000
Corrosion protection for metallic features
IBM96 citations98
US5380560AJan 10, 1995
Palladium sulfate solution for the selective seeding of the metal interconnections on polyimide dielectrics for electroless metal deposition
IBM327 citations98
US5382447AJan 17, 1995
Process for fabricating improved multilayer interconnect systems
IBM49 citations96
US9437668B1Sep 6, 2016
High resistivity soft magnetic material for miniaturized power converter
IBM24 citations94
US9705071B2Jul 11, 2017
Structure and method to reduce shorting and process degradation in STT-MRAM devices
IBM19 citations92
US6784088B2Aug 31, 2004
Method to selectively cap interconnects with indium or tin bronzes and/or oxides thereof and the interconnect so capped
IBM16 citations92
US6551931B1Apr 22, 2003
Method to selectively cap interconnects with indium or tin bronzes and/or oxides thereof and the interconnect so capped
IBM27 citations92
US5310580AMay 10, 1994
Electroless metal adhesion to organic dielectric material with phase separated morphology
IBM38 citations92
US10283249B2May 7, 2019
Method for fabricating a magnetic material stack
IBM7 citations84
US10243138B2Mar 26, 2019
Structure and method to reduce shorting and process degradation in STT-MRAM devices
IBM7 citations84
US10109675B2Oct 23, 2018
Forming self-aligned contacts on pillar structures
IBM6 citations84
US9859357B1Jan 2, 2018
Magnetic inductor stacks with multilayer isolation layers
IBM6 citations84
US9793336B2Oct 17, 2017
High resistivity iron-based, thermally stable magnetic material for on-chip integrated inductors
IBM4 citations84
US9601484B2Mar 21, 2017
Magnetic multilayer structure
IBM5 citations84
US9590026B2Mar 7, 2017
High resistivity iron-based, thermally stable magnetic material for on-chip integrated inductors
IBM6 citations84
US9324495B2Apr 26, 2016
Planar inductors with closed magnetic loops
IBM10 citations84
US9515252B1Dec 6, 2016
Low degradation MRAM encapsulation process using silicon-rich silicon nitride film
IBM13 citations83
US9490164B1Nov 8, 2016
Techniques for forming contacts for active BEOL
IBM10 citations82
US7442647B1Oct 28, 2008
Structure and method for formation of cladded interconnects for MRAMs
IBM11 citations82
US7550044B2Jun 23, 2009
Hard mask structure for patterning of materials
IBM7 citations74
US7381343B2Jun 3, 2008
Hard mask structure for patterning of materials
IBM8 citations74
US7252774B2Aug 7, 2007
Selective chemical etch method for MRAM soft layers
IBM9 citations74
US5453642ASep 26, 1995
Multilayer interconnect systems
IBM11 citations74
US11092567B2Aug 17, 2021
Biosensor electrode having three-dimensional structured sensing surfaces
IBM1 citations73
US11094878B2Aug 17, 2021
Short circuit reduction in magnetic tunnel junctions
IBM2 citations73
US10811177B2Oct 20, 2020
Stress control in magnetic inductor stacks
IBM6 citations73
US10644233B2May 5, 2020
Combined CMP and RIE contact scheme for MRAM applications
IBM1 citations73
US10607759B2Mar 31, 2020
Method of fabricating a laminated stack of magnetic inductor
IBM4 citations73
US10396144B2Aug 27, 2019
Magnetic inductor stack including magnetic materials having multiple permeabilities
IBM3 citations73
US10373747B2Aug 6, 2019
Magnetic inductor stacks
IBM3 citations73
US10355070B2Jul 16, 2019
Magnetic inductor stack including magnetic materials having multiple permeabilities
IBM3 citations73
US10347411B2Jul 9, 2019
Stress management scheme for fabricating thick magnetic films of an inductor yoke arrangement
IBM3 citations73
US10256397B2Apr 9, 2019
Structure and method to reduce shorting and process degradation in stt-MRAM devices
IBM3 citations73
US10014464B1Jul 3, 2018
Combined CMP and RIE contact scheme for MRAM applications
IBM2 citations73
US9960347B2May 1, 2018
Structure and method to reduce shorting and process degradation in STT-MRAM devices
IBM3 citations73
US9735224B1Aug 15, 2017
Patterning magnetic films using self-stop electro-etching
IBM2 citations73
US9321634B2Apr 26, 2016
Forming magnetic microelectromechanical inductive components
IBM3 citations73
US8846529B2Sep 30, 2014
Electroless plating of cobalt alloys for on chip inductors
IBM5 citations73
US10003014B2Jun 19, 2018
Method of forming an on-pitch self-aligned hard mask for contact to a tunnel junction using ion beam etching
IBM4 citations72
US5633047AMay 27, 1997
Electronic devices having metallurgies containing copper-semiconductor compounds
IBM15 citations72
US4962086AOct 9, 1990
High Tc superconductor - gallate crystal structures
IBM18 citations71
US12240753B2Mar 4, 2025
Micro-electromechanical device having a soft magnetic material electrolessly deposited on a palladium layer coated metal beam
IBM0 citations63
FONTANA JR ROBERT E
2 patentsASSEFA SOLOMON
2 patentsBABICH KATHERINA E
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